Rebecca Bitton
@rebeccabitton.bsky.social
@rebeinstein on Twitter
I have no idea why I’m here or anywhere
I have no idea why I’m here or anywhere
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
I’m still using em dashes — I don’t care — I don’t care — I don’t care — because fuck AI
November 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I’m still using em dashes — I don’t care — I don’t care — I don’t care — because fuck AI
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You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
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One explanation for economic populism in the US is the recurring cycle of bubbles and bailouts that happens without any democratic input
November 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
One explanation for economic populism in the US is the recurring cycle of bubbles and bailouts that happens without any democratic input
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Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
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A student wrote me to say she will be late for class due to subway issues and my two suggested replies from google were ”so cute!” And “yum!” This is definitely a technology we want to rest our entire economy on.
November 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
A student wrote me to say she will be late for class due to subway issues and my two suggested replies from google were ”so cute!” And “yum!” This is definitely a technology we want to rest our entire economy on.
Had fun just now explaining to my new primary care doc that Obamacare is not in fact “socialist Marxism.”
November 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Had fun just now explaining to my new primary care doc that Obamacare is not in fact “socialist Marxism.”
Do people not realize that it’s obvious when they’ve used AI? They should be embarrassed. 🤦🏻♀️
November 15, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Do people not realize that it’s obvious when they’ve used AI? They should be embarrassed. 🤦🏻♀️
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⚠️ Americans are choosing between health insurance and groceries. Meanwhile, UnitedHealth quietly told investors it expects even bigger profits, no matter what Congress does.
The shutdown is chaos for you. For insurers? It’s a payday.
www.levernews.com/unitedhealth...
The shutdown is chaos for you. For insurers? It’s a payday.
www.levernews.com/unitedhealth...
UnitedHealth Is Cashing In On The Open Enrollment Crisis
Whether or not Congress extends the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced premium tax credits, health care giants are poised to extract new profits from patient pain.
www.levernews.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
⚠️ Americans are choosing between health insurance and groceries. Meanwhile, UnitedHealth quietly told investors it expects even bigger profits, no matter what Congress does.
The shutdown is chaos for you. For insurers? It’s a payday.
www.levernews.com/unitedhealth...
The shutdown is chaos for you. For insurers? It’s a payday.
www.levernews.com/unitedhealth...
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LITERALLY HOURS. THEY COULD HAVE WAITED HOURS.
BREAKING
The 1st Circuit REJECTS Trump DOJ's request to pause a judge's order to pay up Nov's SNAP funds to the states.
The SCOTUS stay will expire within 48 hours absent further action from the justices, per its terms.
Doc ecf.ca1.uscourts.gov/n/beam/servl...
The 1st Circuit REJECTS Trump DOJ's request to pause a judge's order to pay up Nov's SNAP funds to the states.
The SCOTUS stay will expire within 48 hours absent further action from the justices, per its terms.
Doc ecf.ca1.uscourts.gov/n/beam/servl...
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 AM
LITERALLY HOURS. THEY COULD HAVE WAITED HOURS.
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They should invent a California where you can afford to live
November 8, 2025 at 3:56 AM
They should invent a California where you can afford to live
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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FYI this is what you do when your business is great and you are very liquid and creditworthy
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 12:51 AM
FYI this is what you do when your business is great and you are very liquid and creditworthy
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“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.” —Mike Davis
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.” —Mike Davis
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Debra Messing has joined the Proud Boys.
November 5, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Debra Messing has joined the Proud Boys.
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Mamdani was unaware Dick Cheney had died when I asked just now:
November 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Mamdani was unaware Dick Cheney had died when I asked just now:
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Dick Van Dyke has OUTLIVED Dick Cheney
November 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Dick Van Dyke has OUTLIVED Dick Cheney
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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October 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Abrego is the *only* prisoner ever released from CECOT, so this is the sole account we have of the horrifying conditions in the prison in El Salvador where Trump has sent over 260 people from the US.
Abrego said he shared a cell with 20 people, who were forced to kneel overnight, “with guards striking anyone who fell from exhaustion.”
He was denied bathroom access and soiled himself. Detainees were confined to metal bunks w/no mattresses in an overcrowded cell w/no windows, bright lights…
He was denied bathroom access and soiled himself. Detainees were confined to metal bunks w/no mattresses in an overcrowded cell w/no windows, bright lights…
Politico - Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was illegaly deported by the Trump administration, details his mistreatment in a Salvadoran prison, claiming he suffered "severe beatings," sleep deprivation, malnutrition and other forms of torture at the hands of his jailers.
July 3, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Abrego is the *only* prisoner ever released from CECOT, so this is the sole account we have of the horrifying conditions in the prison in El Salvador where Trump has sent over 260 people from the US.
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